Remembering Henrietta Lacks - The Queen of Giving for others to live

August 1, 2017
BIRTHDAY ||  Today is Henrietta Lacks Birthday - August 1, 1920 - October 4, 1951, 97 years today.

Born: August 1, 1920, Roanoke, VA

Died: October 4, 1951, Baltimore, MD

Spouse: David Lacks (m. 1941–1951)

Buried: Lacks Family Cemetery, VA

Children: Deborah Lacks, Joseph Lacks, Elsie Lacks, David Lacks, Jr., Lawrence Lacks

Siblings: Gladys Pleasant Lacks, Lillian Pleasant

Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cancer cells were the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research.

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